Battle of Fallujah (2016) | |||||||||
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Part of the Iraqi Civil War, the Anbar campaign, and the aftermath of the Siege of Fallujah |
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![]() Fallujah operations on 22–23 May. |
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Belligerents | |||||||||
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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![]() (Fallujah top commander) ![]() (Fallujah security chief) ![]() |
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Units involved | |||||||||
Iraq: Iran: |
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Strength | |||||||||
11,000–14,500 fighters
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3,500–4,000 militants | ||||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||||
394–900+ killed, 3,308 wounded |
2,848+ killed, 2,186 captured |
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112 civilians killed 85,000+ civilians displaced |
Iraq
Support: CJTF-OIR
(Air support)
Haidar al-Abadi
(Prime Minister) Khaled al-Obaidi
(Defense Minister) Lt. Gen. Abdel-Wahab al-Saadi
(Overall commander of the operation) Lt. Gen. Raed Shaker Jawdat
(Chief of the Iraqi Federal Police) Staff Maj. Gen. Ismail al-Mahalawi
Lt. Col. Hashim Ismail †
(1st Division's Commando Regiments commander) Esa al-Esawi
(Mayor of Fallujah) Hadi al-Amiri (Head of Badr Organization)
Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis
Akram al-Ka'abi